Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-02
A TALK WITH GOULD.
He Finds Something Very Nearly APP
Y preaching q Business Boom at
the West.
The Chances About Evenly Divided for
the President to Sign or Veto the
Inter State Commerce Bill.

NEW YORK, Feb Jay Gould arrived
in New York on Sunday after an absence
of three weeks spent in thorough in
spection of his southwestern railroads.
He was at his Office in the Western Union
building yesterday, nearly all day, deeply
immersed in business. When he was
somewhat at leisure he said to Tribune
reporter: al have been through fourteen
states since l left home, not to
speak of looking over the border into
Mexico. I went as far as Laredo. Mr..
Clark, who took Hoxie's place, had not
been over some of our lines in Texas, and
part of the trip WAS largely for his benefit
as general manager of the system. Every
where in the west we found confidence
and prosperity the rule among
business men. There is some
thing very nearly approaching
g business boom at the west and the talk
among all classes is confident and coura-
geous. The movement of merchan lse
on the Missouri Pacific is extremely
large. have dispatch from Mr.. Clark
in which is given the
movement of freight trains on
Saturday and yesterday. On Saturday
it comprised 459 freight trains Of 1885
cars, an increase of 220 trains and 3540
loads compared with the same time last
year, and yesterday there were moved 4l6
freight trains cont lining 6422 loads, an
increase of l62 trains and 24l0 loads over
the same day last year. Our business is
increasing in about that proportion
right along, and this fact proves better
perhaps than anything / can say the
hopeful feeling throughout the west. l
find on my return that opinions here
seem to have been greatly mixed to
say the least, and / am little sur
prised after my experience of the
past three weeks. As to the interstate
commerce bill, they hope to derive great
advantage from it. 1t is rather curious
fact that the people who will be likely to
suffer most from the practical operations
of the measure are much more heartily in
favor of it than the people Of the
east. / know little about the prob
able action of the President, but
a dis. .stch was shown me Just
now which stated that three members OF
the cabinet are opposed to it and the
others are in favor of it. l should think
he chances about even that the President
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him very popular with some classes if he
should send out q ringing message
in objection to the bill
One clause in it, think
is plainly unconstitutional because, while
Congress may have the right to regulate
commerce between states, 1t can have nc
right to delegate its authority to third
party, the commission that this bill estab
fishes. l believe this view will be main
tanned by the courts when the question
comes before them. There will be some
advantage derived from the law if the
railroads will live strictly up to its
letter. 1t will be shown how
utterly inadequate legislation is in crap
lpling with the customs and regulation:
in the transportation that has grown uE
with the development OF our railroad
system. If the railroad companies viii
IcIosely follow the law it will be repealed
within six months. If they do not de
so but try to evsde it, each for himself
well, it will be somebody TO catch OF
hlndmost."
Mr. Gould said he had no information
whatever in regard to the reported new
telegraph line between Chicago and New
York.